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The Internet Campaign

August 29, 2008

Friday, August 29, 2008 10:40 AM/EST

Obama Friends the Internet

A big question one year ago: can anyone translate social networking prowess into success on election day? The answer, judging by the Obama campaign, seems to be "yes." The power of the campaign's social site, MyBarackObama.com, leads web-politicking trailblazer...

August 25, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008 11:16 AM/EST

Text Me Sometime, Huh?

The Obama campaign texted me about Biden as veep at 3:10 AM on Saturday, after the news had been published by the conventional press and after my bedtime, too. Some folks still hadn't gotten the text by dawn. So...

August 15, 2008

Friday, August 15, 2008 3:51 PM/EST

Vote for the Stick Figure

A clever -- and so far, successful -- use of the web in a political campaign: Kansas state rep candidate Sean Tevis raises big bucks with his online comic strip....

August 14, 2008

Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:47 AM/EST

McCain's Tech Plan

John McCain's new technology plan will be released to day (we'll link it when it goes live). WSJ: The plan, dubbed "John McCain and American Innovation"...will call for a 10% tax credit on wages paid to all research-and-development employees. At...

August 13, 2008

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:24 AM/EST

More on Mobile

More on the Obama text-message campaign: [A]nnouncing Mr. Obama's running mate by text message has little to do with proclaiming the selection and everything to do with getting out the vote on Election Day in November. The move should...

August 12, 2008

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:00 PM/EST

Going Mobile in the Obama Campaign

Last year I reported that mobile technology was "notable for its absence" in next-gen political campaigns. "It should be maybe the most important technology of 2008, but it isn't," said Republican consultant Patrick Ruffini. I thought of that today...

August 8, 2008

Friday, August 08, 2008 9:42 AM/EST

Bad Campaign Sites

How not to build a campaign website. Unless you're into building crummy websites. In which case, it's a how-to list. Previously: Senate Campaigns Lag Online I've criticized the Web 1.0 presentation of the Elizabeth Dole site in my home...

August 7, 2008

Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:47 AM/EST

Web Politics, Circa 2000

Micah Sifry is unimpressed by MyDebates.org, a site launched by the Commission on Presidential Debates and MySpace. Very unimpressed: This is pathetic. It's like saying, "I just bought a synthesizer and all I can think to do with it...

August 1, 2008

Friday, August 01, 2008 10:38 AM/EST

Senate Campaigns Lag Online

Candidates for the United States Senate are too conservative. I don't mean their politics, but their web strategies. I wrote in a recent newspaper column that I was surprised that Kay Hagan, the Democratic challenger for Elizabeth Dole's Senate...

July 21, 2008

Monday, July 21, 2008 6:20 AM/EST

Rebranding via Blogging

It's trendy to speak of politics in terms of branding, with the Republican and conservative brands widely believed to be in need of a tune-up. Hence The Next Right, a blog aimed at helping conservatives recapture their mojo. The...



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